Hair curler



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United States Patent 01 3,035,588 HAIR CURLER Bernice Helen Krauss, 95Dora Ave., Waldwick, NJ. Filed Apr. 25, 1960, Ser. No. 24,307 2 Claims.(Cl. 132-42) The present invention relates to a hair curler, and moreparticularly to a hair curler employed to form or set a particular curlknown in the art as a sculpture curl.

In the treatment of the hair by permanent waving, it is well known thata curler is used. After the treatment, the curler must be removed. Thisdisturbs the formation of the curl and requires resetting of the hair.Although many attempts were made to overcome the foregoing difficultiesand other difficulties and disadvantages, none, as far as I am aware wasentirely successful when carried into practice, even by those skilled inthe art.

It has now been discovered that a curler can be provided which requireslittle skill or practice in handling, which can be readily used to forma curl and after the treatment can be readily removed without disturbingthe formation of the curl.

Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a curleruseful in forming a sculpture curl during the process of permanentwaving which is not uncomfortable to the wearer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a curler which canbe readily removed from the hair without disturbing the formed curl.

The invention also contemplates providing a curler which will not slipor unwind, can lock in any position, at or away from the scalp, and yetrequires no unwinding or stretching of hair when the treatment isfinished.

It is also the purpose of the invention to provide a curler which can beused by persons in the profession, i.e., skilled in the art, in acreative way in accordance with the customary practice of the professionso that there are no new methods or complicated devices to learn.

Among the further objects of the present invention is the provision of acurler which provides complete ventilation and circulation in order toapply solutions for forming curls or to dry the hair.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Generally speaking, the invention in its broader aspects contemplates ahair curler comprising in combination, an annular retaining member, astem on which said retaining member is mounted; an anchor base having anaperture therethrough and adapted to mate with said stem; and, an anchorbar adapted to penetrate said aperture.

The particular advantages of the above construction as well as otherobjects and advantages will become apparent from the followingdescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view illustrating the manner in which the curlers areworn;

FIG. 2a depicts a resilient ringlike hair retaining member useful forthe purposes of the present invention;

FIG. 2b illustrates the anchor base of the invention erein contemplated;

FIG. 2c shows the anchor bar herein contemplated;

FIG. 3 is a view of the assembled anchor bar and anchor base hereincontemplated;

FIG. 4 illustrates how the device looks like when assembled;

FIG. 5 depicts how a curl is wound on the device; and

3,035,588 Patented May 22, 1962 ice j FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of thedevice which is worn in FIG. 1.

In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the device or curler 12 hasthree main sections. The first section includes a resilient iinglikehair retaining member 13. This ringlike hair retaining member 13 issupported on a hollow stem 15 by a pair of spokes 16a and 16b likewisemade of a resilient material, and substantially diametrically opposedalone a cone, i.e., the spokes or arms extend outward from the stem atan angle somewhere of the order of 45 towards the ringlike hairretaining member 13. As illustrated in the drawing, the stem 15 has athin but firm separation member 14 at about the center of stem 15, and alower hollow portion 17 in said stem. Inside the hollow stem, at thecenter of separation member 14 is a retaining hole 18 to retain acorresponding member when placed in said hollow stem. The hollow portionof stem 15 is adapted to receive a mating portion of anchor base 19which has the retaining member 20 corresponding to retaining hole 18 sothat when member 20 enters said retaining hole it Will be held therein.On the part of anchor base 19 which does not enter the hollow stem,there is an opening 21 through the anchor base. This opening receivesthe anchor 22 which is elongated and tapered so as to pass partiallythrough opening 21 and be retained therein. At one end of the anchor bar22, preferably at the Wider end, are a plurality of finger grip ridges23 to facilitate the handling of the anchor bar. Advantageously, theanchor base is also slightly tapered and although readily inserted intothe stem will nevertheless be held firmly when the retaining hole andretaining member snap into place. However, the retaining means holdingthese two pieces should permit some rotation so as to get the haircloser to the scalp when desired.

In forming a curl, the assembled device is used by rotating the haircurler, i.e., by placing the outer end of a strand on the curler andwinding the hair on the curler from the outer end and placing it firmlyon the scalp for any desired length. When the curl has been formed onthe stem, the ringlike hair retaining member is folded over the anchorbar and in this way the curl is firmly held in place. The curler can beused for the complete procedure in permanent waving from start tofinish, application, forming, processing, neutralizing, rinsing,including drying the hair under a drier with the curlers to the stage ofcombout. To remove the device, all that has to be done is to remove theanchor bar. This can be done without disturbing the curl. In this way,by using the present curler, the desired styling is immediatelyaccomplished without resetting.

Although the hair curler herein described is intended primarily forthose skilled in the art of beauty treatment, the device may also beused for home permanent waving. In fact, the curler is useful with anytype of hair waving treatment using a curler, e.g., chemical, heat, thedisposition of the ringlike hair retaining member makes the applicationof chemicals to the hair from the top particularly easy.

It is to be observed therefore that the hair curler herein contemplatedadvantageously comprises the combination of a pair of spokes extendingfrom a resilient nnglike hair retaining member along a conical diameterto a hollow axial stem having a separation member at about the center ofthe stem, said separation member having one part of a snap fastenerthereon. Adapted to mate with said hollow axial stem is an anchor baseon which is the other portion of the snap fastener, said anchor basehaving an aperture therethrough on the other part to receive an anchorbar adapted to penetrate said aperture; whereby, the hair to be curledis wound on said mated stem and base between said anchor and saidringlike hair retaining member, the ring of said ringlike retainingmember being then stretched back over said anchor bar to be held by saidanchor bar until said hair is set, the hair curler being readily removedfrom the hair by taking the anchor bar out of said aperture in saidanchor base. The hair curler herein contemplated may be manufactured bysimple operations and may be of rubber, plastic, or both and shouldwithstand the effects of chemicals, heat and hair treatment.

Although the present invention has been described in conjunction withpreferred embodiments, it is to be understood that modifications andvariations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention, as those slc'lled in the art will readilyunderstand. Such modifications and variations are considered to bewithin the purview and scope of the invention and appended claims.

I claim:

1, A hair curler, comprising in combination;

a resilient ringlilce hair retaining member;

a pair of substantialiy identical flexible resilient spokes extendingradially from said ringlike member substantially along a conicaldiameter to an axial stem;

a hollow cylindrical stem supporting said spokes, axial to said ringlikemember, including one part of a retaining member in the hollow of saidstem;

a cylindrical anchor base, the greater portion of which is designed toenter said stem and be retained therein including the other part of saidretaining member on the portion of said anchor base designed to entersaid stem, with a transverse slit aperture through that part of saidbase not designed to enter said stem; and,

an elongated fiat slightly tapered anchor bar designed to penetrateabout halfway through said slit and be retained therein, whereby,

the hair to be curled is wound on said stem with said base therein,between said anchor and said ringlike retaining member, the ring of saidringlike retaining member being then stretched back over said anchor barto be held by said anchor bar until the hair is set, the hair curlerbeing readily removed from the set curl by taking the anchor bar out ofsaid slit in said base.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, said retaining member which retainssaid cylindrical anchor base in said stem being formed of one part of asnap fastener in said stem with tne other part on the portion of saidanchor base designed to enter said stem, permitting rotation of saidanchor base with respect to said stem.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,496,066 Peterson Ian. 30, 1950 2,497,848 Currie Feb. 21, 19502,590,669 Zachary Mar. 25, 1952 2,608,978 Solomon Sept. 2, 19522,789,565 Voorhees Apr. 23, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 214,048 SwitzerlandJune 16, 1941

